Over the weekend ABC announced that it had officially given a pilot order to Marvel’s Most Wanted, the upcoming Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff centred on Mockingbird (Adrianne Palicki) and Lance Hunter (Nick Blood). However, there was no news on the mystery Marvel TV project from Oscar-winning producer John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime), which has […]
Marvel and ABC developing new superhero TV series with Oscar-winning producer John Ridley
It looks like the proposed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff isn’t the only Marvel TV project in development at ABC, with Entertainment Weekly revealing that Oscar-winning producer John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, American Crime) for a mystery project, which “involves reinventing an existing Marvel superhero character or property for ABC.”Should it and the S.H.I.E.L.D. spin-off […]
Get ready for another round of Celebrity Deathmatch
Eight years after its last episode, MTV2 is set to revive the animated comedy series Celebrity Deathmatch, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.The new season is being produced by original creator Eric Fogel, with THR reporting that “the new version will again feature animated no-holds-barred fantasy fights between infamous figures from entertainment and pop culture and […]
Angelina Jolie linked to director’s chair on Captain Marvel
According to Collider, Angelina Jolie (Unbroken) is under consideration to take on the director’s chair on Marvel Studios’ first female led superhero movie, 2018’s Captain Marvel.The report emerged last night, with Collider also claiming that Jolie was wanted by Warner Bros. for Wonder Woman – a project that actually secured Patty Jenkins (Monster) as director just moments later.Given that […]
Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy lead cast for Their Finest Hour and a Half
Deadline is reporting that Gemma Arterton (The Voices), Sam Claflin (Love, Rosie) and Bill Nighy (The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) are set to star in new romantic comedy, Their Finest Hour and a Half, to be directed by Lone Scherfig (An Education). BBC Films has developed the project, which it also co-finances, and is […]
Strand Releasing acquires Peter Greenaway’s drama Eisenstein in Guanajuato
Strand Releasing has acquired all US rights from Films Boutique to Peter Greenaway’s historical drama Eisenstein in Guanajuato. Led by Elmer Bäck and Luis Alberti, the cast includes Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen, Stelio Savante, Rasmus Slätis and Jakob Öhrman. A passion project of filmmaker Peter Greenaway’s, the visually appealing film received its world premiere in […]
Joss Whedon says Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man was “the best script Marvel ever had”
During a promotional interview with Buzzfeed ahead of the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron [read our spoiler free ★★★★★ review here], Joss Whedon got onto the topic of Marvel’s next movie Ant-Man, and more specifically Edgar Wright’s original screenplay for the miniature superhero, which he calls “the best script that Marvel ever had.”“I don’t […]
The Blacklist coming to Titan Comics
Titan Comics have just announced that they will be launching an all-new comic series, The Blacklist – based on the successful television series – on July 22nd. Issue #1 will arrive with two covers to collect: an original painted cover of Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington from fan-favorite artist, Alice X Zhang (Doctor Who) and a photo cover with an iconic image of Red. The Blacklist comic […]
Chris Chalk’s Lucius Fox promoted to series regular for Gotham season 2
It looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more of Lucius Fox when Gotham returns for its second season this fall, with TV Line reporting that Chris Chalk has been promoted to a series regular.The site reports that Lucius is set to become “another person who’s going to help Bruce on his journey to find […]
Robert Downey Jr. wants to see Peter Parker Spider-Man and for him to join The Avengers
We’re just less than two weeks away from seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron here in the UK (sorry US, three weeks for you) and the promotional tour is running hot. In an interview with E! Online, Iron Man himself Robert Downey Jr. was asked about Spider-Man joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe ahead of Captain America: […]
